F&B Florida 2018

Neil Dufva
CEO
Crunchy


Neil started programming HTML and websites at 14 years old and became obsessed with technology ever since. After three years, he started a second company hosting hundreds of websites and backend systems through large server deployments at the age of 17. During college at UCF, he founded his third company as an online marketplace selling virtual items for the most popular multiplayer online RPGs like Diablo 2, Everquest, Ultima Online, RuneScape etc. This was the first time he had to hire employees to help fill the large influx of orders coming into the online marketplace. Once he finished UCF for Finance, Neil started taking on contract programming work for automation processors for large commercial installations. After spending four months in Europe visiting every major city with a Hard Rock Cafe to fix and assess their systems, the Hard Rock corporate headquarters offered him a recurring annual service contract to manage, maintain, program, and budget for new technology at all of their locations globally as Crunchy Logistics/Crunchy Tech. As time passed, more contracts were given and word of mouth spread to other companies that provided more than enough business to hire the group of industry professionals that is constantly thriving through industry innovation. The company grew so fast that it was featured in Inc. 500's fastest growing companies in the United States twice (In 2012 at position 193 for 1,837% revenue growth and in 2013 at position 254 for 1,687% revenue growth). Neil's passions are for changing the world through the avenue of technology and creating products that businesses and consumers love to intuitively use to enrich their daily experiences.

Sessions :